PA’s Primary Election Day scheduled for May 20, deadline to register is May 5

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April 21st, 2025 | By Ryan Genova

Pennsylvania officials are reminding residents that the deadline to register to vote in the May 20 primary election ends on May 5. 

To register or to find your polling location, you can visit vote.pa.gov. Pennsylvanians are also encouraged to use the online voter registration site to update names, addresses, or party affiliations, if desired. 

To be eligible to vote in the May 20 primary, a person must be:

  • a citizen of the United States for at least one month before the primary,
  • a resident of the election district in which the person plans to register for at least 30 days before the primary, and
  • at least 18 years old on or before May 20.

Because Pennsylvania has a closed primary, only registered Democrats and Republicans can vote for their party’s nominees in the primary election. However, all voters can vote on any of the following if they also appear on the ballot:

  • a constitutional amendment question,
  • a ballot question, or
  • a special election in their district.

In addition to registering online, eligible voters can receive an application to register to vote at:  

  • their county voter registration office,  
  • county assistance offices,  
  • Women, Infants & Children (WIC) program offices, 
  • Armed Forces recruitment centers, 
  • county clerk of orphans’ courts or marriage license offices, 
  • area agencies on aging, 
  • county mental health and intellectual disabilities offices, 
  • student disability services offices of the State System of Higher Education, 
  • offices of special education in high schools, and
  • Americans with Disabilities Act-mandated complementary paratransit providers.

Ballot applications for voters who wish to vote by mail ballot must be received by their county election office by 5:00pm on May 13. The deadline for county election offices to receive completed mail ballots is 8:00pm on May 20.

Polls will be open from 7:00am to 8:00pm on Primary Election Day. Upper Dublin Lutheran Church, located at 411 Susquehanna Road in Ambler, is serving as a polling location.

Other locations in Upper Dublin Township can be found here.

Eligible voters will have the opportunity to choose candidates in the following races: 

  • Superior Court judge,
  • Commonwealth Court judge,
  • Court of Common Pleas judges, and
  • Local officials, such as county commissioner, borough council member, township supervisor, and school board member.